Many episodes of this podcast deal with cognitive biases that can hinder our decision-making abilities. In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we look at a different kind of error: how completely irrelevant information can negatively influence our judgments, making them varied and unpredictable.
This variability of human judgment—or noise—is the ... Show More
Oct 2025
Bonus: A Sit Down With Katy Milkman & Angela Duckworth
In this bonus addition of Choiceology, Katy Milkman sits down with psychologist and Grit author Dr. Angela Duckworth, a leading expert on self-control. She breaks down what science tells us about managing impulses, why willpower by itself falls short, and how simple environmental ... Show More
33m 36s
Oct 2025
How Mindset Shapes Success
Most of us label ourselves early on as academic (or not), athletic (or not), or talented (or not). But even if you feel like you're lacking in natural talent or ability in certain areas, approaching new skills or challenges with openness, effort, and curiosity can take you farthe ... Show More
35m 8s
May 2021
Olivier Sibony on Decision-Making
<p><!-- wp:paragraph {"dropCap":true} --></p> <p class="has-drop-cap">When human judgment enters the picture, so too will errors in human judgment. Think of this as "noise," just as you might think of a signal-to-noise ratio in an audio signal. And just as in listening to music, ... Show More
38m 3s
Oct 2024
436. The Brainy Biases: Why Novelty and Stories Captivate Us (Refreshed Episode)
<p dir="ltr">In episode 436 of The Brainy Business podcast, Melina Palmer dives into the fascinating biases our brains have toward novelty and stories. This episode, originally aired in 2019, is part of an eight-part series on biases and offers a rapid-fire overview of how our br ... Show More
28 m
Sep 2021
169. The Science of Cool, with Dr. Troy Campbell
<div style="color: black; padding: 10px; font-size: 115%;">Today is a very fun episode about something that you might not think has a science to it, but definitely does which is so amazing! My guest is Troy Campbell, who got his Ph.D. at Duke University and has worked at/for Disn ... Show More
48m 49s
Aug 2024
285 | Nate Silver on Prediction, Risk, and Rationality
Being rational necessarily involves engagement with probability. Given two possible courses of action, it can be rational to prefer the one that could possibly result in a worse outcome, if there's also a substantial probability for an even better outcome. But one's attitude towa ... Show More
1h 11m
Jul 2024
Megan Stevenson on Why Interventions in the Criminal Justice System Don't Work
<p class="has-drop-cap">Do policies built around social and behavioral science research actually work? That's a big, and contentious, question. It's also almost an existential question for the disciplines involved. It's also a question that Megan Stevenson, a <a href= "https://ww ... Show More
21m 23s
<p>Daniel Kahneman left his mark on academia (and the real world) in countless ways. A group of his friends and colleagues recently gathered in Chicago to reflect on this legacy — and we were there, with microphones.</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>SOURCES:</strong><ul><li><a href="ht ... Show More
